Mark Williams, the head of equity capital markets for Asia at UBS, has resigned and will join Nomura as head of ECM for Asia ex-Japan, sources familiar with the move said yesterday.
Williams has been with UBS for close to 15 years, the past 10 in Hong Kong. During this time, UBS has grown to a powerhouse in the Asian ECM market, and Williams has been involved in many of the key transactions in the region while at the firm.
It is thus an experienced name that Nomura has poached to lead the rebuilding of its ECM franchise in Asia following the departure of Geoffrey Feldkamp in March this year. Feldkamp was one of...